Buck Creek Players Present THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Now thru 6/17

The most celebrated musical of the 2006 Broadway season, The Drowsy Chaperone, a new musical comedy, is coming to the Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue, for nine performances, tonight June 1 through June 17, 2012. With music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, this musical within a comedy takes a modern-day spin on musical comedies of old.

The Drowsy Chaperone tells the story of an agorophobic modern-day musical theater addict known simply as "Man in Chair" (Thom Johnson). To chase his blues away, he drops the needle on his favorite LP, the 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical magically bursts to life around him in his apartment telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet (Libby Buck) who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer (Steve Hermanson) who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, the debonair groom (Jon Tigert), the dizzy chorine (Tiffany D. Wilson), the Latin lover (Jake McDuffee), a pair of gangsters disguised as pastry chefs (James Hildreth and Daniel Klingler), and her chaperone(Georgeanna Teipen), who isn't as much drowsy as she is tipsy. Other characters the audience will meet along the way are the absent-minded hostess for the wedding (Margo Sweeney), her English butler (Donald Stikeleather), and an aviatrix (Kelsee B. Hankins). Rounding out the cast in multiple roles are Nicole Bridgens, William Brown, Paige Clark, Nicholas Mitchaner, Ralph Passman, and Jennifer Poynter. Man in Chair's love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.

The Drowsy Chaperone will take the stage at 8:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Admission is $17 for adults and $15 for students and senior citizens (62 & older). Group discounts are available for prepaid parties of ten or more. E-mail buckcreekplayers@yahoo.com for details. Reserve your seats by calling the BCP Reservation Line at 317-862-2270, or reserve and pay online at www.buckcreekplayers.com.